, Snow White assumes they must be children due to their small beds, but I think that's it??
Yep, because she kind of stumbled upon their house while they were at work, and thought she found some orphans. She was initially surprised that they were actually little men, but she had the grace and style to recover quickly.
Both dwarfs and dwarves are plurals of the word dwarf. Tolkien popularized the latter spelling. Dwarfs as mythical beings have been a part of Norse and Germanic folklore for as long as recorded history of the region has existed. You can find them in old stories of the Norse gods and in works such as Wagner's Ring Cycle operas.
It's a fairy tale, so I thought they were fantasy dwarfs. Spelling doesn't matter. I've seen it both ways in fantasy.
I'm pretty sure the proper English plural is dwarves. It's just that Tolkien had a thing about spelling it differently. Some people have followed his lead on that. Not everyone.
, Snow White assumes they must be children due to their small beds, but I think that's it??
Yep, because she kind of stumbled upon their house while they were at work, and thought she found some orphans. She was initially surprised that they were actually little men, but she had the grace and style to recover quickly.
I still don't think they are human, but anyhoo...
It's a several-hundred year old fairytale... Who gives a crap, at this point??
Fantasy dwarves not related to human dwarves. Human dwarves are an aberration. Fantasy dwarves are supposed to be that way. Little man, big cope.
Both dwarfs and dwarves are plurals of the word dwarf. Tolkien popularized the latter spelling. Dwarfs as mythical beings have been a part of Norse and Germanic folklore for as long as recorded history of the region has existed. You can find them in old stories of the Norse gods and in works such as Wagner's Ring Cycle operas.
It's a fairy tale, so I thought they were fantasy dwarfs. Spelling doesn't matter. I've seen it both ways in fantasy.
I'm pretty sure the proper English plural is dwarves. It's just that Tolkien had a thing about spelling it differently. Some people have followed his lead on that. Not everyone.